diff --git a/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb b/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
index 0fa95863e0..d5b7271589 100644
--- a/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/reports_helper.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module ReportsHelper
 
       next unless payment_method
 
-      [payment_method.name, payment_method.id]
+      [payment_method.display_name, payment_method.id]
     end.compact.uniq
   end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/spree/payment_methods_helper.rb b/app/helpers/spree/payment_methods_helper.rb
index bfd4a72e26..ac6b16127c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/spree/payment_methods_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/spree/payment_methods_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Spree
     end
 
     def payment_method_name(payment)
-      payment_method(payment)&.name
+      payment_method(payment)&.display_name
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment.rb b/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment.rb
index bf63fe21d4..80b140d139 100644
--- a/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment.rb
+++ b/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Invoice
       end
 
       def payment_method_name
-        payment_method&.name
+        payment_method&.display_name
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment_method.rb b/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment_method.rb
index 4eeb014443..3843476d7d 100644
--- a/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment_method.rb
+++ b/app/models/invoice/data_presenter/payment_method.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class Invoice
   class DataPresenter
     class PaymentMethod < Invoice::DataPresenter::Base
-      attributes :id, :name, :description
+      attributes :id, :display_name, :display_description
       invoice_generation_attributes :id
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/spree/payment_method.rb b/app/models/spree/payment_method.rb
index d1473a3963..b3a32ca340 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/payment_method.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/payment_method.rb
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ module Spree
     end
 
     def try_translating(value)
-      I18n.t!(value)
-    rescue I18n::MissingTranslationData
-      value
+      return value if value.blank?
+
+      I18n.t(value, default: value)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/invoice/payment_method_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/invoice/payment_method_serializer.rb
index 2af24e0a6e..ccc96008c7 100644
--- a/app/serializers/invoice/payment_method_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/invoice/payment_method_serializer.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 class Invoice
   class PaymentMethodSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-    attributes :id, :name, :description
+    attributes :id, :display_name, :display_description
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/customer_account_transaction/index.turbo_stream.haml b/app/views/admin/customer_account_transaction/index.turbo_stream.haml
index 124a113690..d0419dd982 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/customer_account_transaction/index.turbo_stream.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/customer_account_transaction/index.turbo_stream.haml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
               %td.description
                 = transaction.description
               %td.payment-method
-                = t(transaction.payment_method.name.to_s)
+                = transaction.payment_method.display_name
               %td.amount
                 = Spree::Money.new(transaction.amount)
               %td.running_balance
diff --git a/app/views/admin/enterprises/form/_payment_methods.html.haml b/app/views/admin/enterprises/form/_payment_methods.html.haml
index 40ba585ab5..d19ff0c1d1 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/enterprises/form/_payment_methods.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/enterprises/form/_payment_methods.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     %tbody
       - @payment_methods.each do |payment_method|
         %tr
-          %td= payment_method.name
+          %td= payment_method.display_name
           %td= f.check_box :payment_method_ids, { multiple: true }, payment_method.id, nil
           %td= link_to t(:edit), edit_admin_payment_method_path(payment_method)
   %br
diff --git a/app/views/admin/order_cycles/checkout_options.html.haml b/app/views/admin/order_cycles/checkout_options.html.haml
index 0e43eb9e07..4931ca5331 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/order_cycles/checkout_options.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/order_cycles/checkout_options.html.haml
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@
                           @order_cycle.distributor_payment_methods.include?(distributor_payment_method),
                           id: "order_cycle_selected_distributor_payment_method_ids_#{distributor_payment_method.id}",
                           data: ({ "checked-target" => "checkbox" } if distributor_payment_method.payment_method.frontend?)
-                      = distributor_payment_method.payment_method.name
+                      = distributor_payment_method.payment_method.display_name
                 - distributor.payment_methods.inactive_or_backend.each do |payment_method|
                   %label.disabled
                     = check_box_tag nil, nil, false, disabled: true
-                    = payment_method.name
+                    = payment_method.display_name
                     = "(#{t('.back_end')})"
                 - if distributor.payment_methods.available.none?
                   %p
diff --git a/app/views/checkout/_payment.html.haml b/app/views/checkout/_payment.html.haml
index 7d7761f560..b4c52c0100 100644
--- a/app/views/checkout/_payment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/checkout/_payment.html.haml
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
               "data-action": "paymentmethod#selectPaymentMethod",
               "data-paymentmethod-id": "#{payment_method.id}",
               "data-paymentmethod-target": "input"
-            = f.label :payment_method_id, "#{payment_method.name}", for: "payment_method_#{payment_method.id}"
+            = f.label :payment_method_id, "#{payment_method.display_name}", for: "payment_method_#{payment_method.id}"
             %em.fees=payment_or_shipping_price(payment_method, @order)
 
           .paymentmethod-container{"data-paymentmethod-id": "#{payment_method.id}", style: "display: #{payment_method.id == selected_payment_method ? "block" : "none"}"}
             - if payment_method.description && !payment_method.description.empty?
               .paymentmethod-description.panel
-                = simple_format(html_escape(payment_method.description))
+                = simple_format(html_escape(payment_method.display_description))
             .paymentmethod-form
               = render partial: "checkout/payment/#{payment_method.method_type}", locals: { payment_method: payment_method, f: f }
 
diff --git a/app/views/checkout/_summary.html.haml b/app/views/checkout/_summary.html.haml
index f635f6d694..4a897f5651 100644
--- a/app/views/checkout/_summary.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/checkout/_summary.html.haml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         - payment_method = last_payment_method(@order)
         %div
           - if payment_method
-            = payment_method.name
+            = payment_method.display_name
             %em.fees
               = payment_or_shipping_price(payment_method, @order)
           - elsif @order.zero_priced_order?
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             .summary-subtitle
               = t("checkout.step3.payment_method.instructions")
             %div
-              = payment_method&.description
+              = payment_method&.display_description
 
 
     .checkout-substep
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_invoice/_payment.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_invoice/_payment.html.haml
index 81a974965a..3225370582 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_invoice/_payment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_invoice/_payment.html.haml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
     %p.callout{style: "margin-top: 40px"}
       %strong
         = t :email_payment_description
-    %p{style: "margin: 5px"}= @order.last_payment_method.description
+    %p{style: "margin: 5px"}= @order.last_payment_method.display_description
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/edit.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/edit.html.haml
index ca9c2fcd26..c29107df1b 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/edit.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 - content_for :page_title do
   = t('.editing_payment_method')
   %i.icon-arrow-right
-  = @payment_method.name
+  = @payment_method.display_name
 - content_for :page_actions do
   %li
     = button_link_to t('.new'), spree.new_admin_payment_method_path, icon: 'icon-plus'
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/index.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/index.html.haml
index 61eb28c63a..6a71ab2df2 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/payment_methods/index.html.haml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     %tbody
       - @payment_methods.each do |method|
         %tr{class: "#{cycle('odd', 'even')}", id: "#{spree_dom_id method}"}
-          %td.align-center= method.name
+          %td.align-center= method.display_name
           %td.align-center
             - method.distributors.each do |distributor|
               = distributor.name
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/payments/_form.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/payments/_form.html.haml
index af699413de..86d81a0937 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/payments/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/payments/_form.html.haml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           %li
             %label
               = radio_button_tag 'payment[payment_method_id]', method.id, method == @payment_method, { class: "payment_methods_radios", "ng-model" => 'form_data.payment_method' }
-              = t(method.name, scope: :payment_methods, default: method.name)
+              = method.display_name
       .payment-method-settings
         - @payment_methods.each do |method|
           .payment-methods{id: "payment_method_#{method.id}"}
diff --git a/app/views/spree/shared/_order_details.html.haml b/app/views/spree/shared/_order_details.html.haml
index 0038ea7309..c57519b2b7 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/shared/_order_details.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/shared/_order_details.html.haml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
       - if (order_payment_method = last_payment_method(order))
         .text-big
           = t :order_payment
-          %strong= order_payment_method&.name
+          %strong= order_payment_method&.display_name
         %p.text-small.text-skinny.pre-line.word-wrap
-          %em= order_payment_method&.description
+          %em= order_payment_method&.display_description
       - else
         .text-big
           = t(:no_payment_required)
diff --git a/app/views/spree/shared/_payment.html.haml b/app/views/spree/shared/_payment.html.haml
index 0c1bc8c8d0..49e6b5b7af 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/shared/_payment.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/shared/_payment.html.haml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
     %p.callout{style: "margin-top: 40px"}
       %strong
         = t :email_payment_description
-    %p{style: "margin: 5px"}= last_payment_method(@order).description
+    %p{style: "margin: 5px"}= last_payment_method(@order).display_description
diff --git a/app/views/spree/users/_customer_account_transactions.html.haml b/app/views/spree/users/_customer_account_transactions.html.haml
index bcce135486..269fbe277f 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/users/_customer_account_transactions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/users/_customer_account_transactions.html.haml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
                     %td.order2
                       = transaction.description
                     %td.order3
-                      = t(transaction.payment_method.name.to_s)
+                      = transaction.payment_method.display_name
                     %td.order4
                       = Spree::Money.new(transaction.amount)
                     %td.order5
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/payment_method_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/payment_method_spec.rb
index f01386a57e..9b0a72e761 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/payment_method_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/payment_method_spec.rb
@@ -208,5 +208,13 @@ RSpec.describe Spree::PaymentMethod do
         )
       end
     end
+
+    context "when description is empty" do
+      let(:description) { "" }
+
+      it "falls back to no translation" do
+        expect(subject.display_description).to eq("")
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/invoice_print_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/invoice_print_spec.rb
index 9b5375b4c6..0b7d320bb2 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/invoice_print_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/invoice_print_spec.rb
@@ -104,9 +104,14 @@ RSpec.describe '
         order.payments << create(:payment, :completed, order:,
                                                        payment_method: payment_method1,
                                                        created_at: 2.days.ago)
-        order.payments << create(:payment, :completed, order:,
-                                                       payment_method: payment_method2,
-                                                       created_at: 1.day.ago)
+        # Use an internal payment method so we also test the name translation
+        order.payments << create(
+          :payment,
+          :completed,
+          order:,
+          payment_method: Spree::PaymentMethod.customer_credit,
+          created_at: 1.day.ago
+        )
         order.save!
       end
 
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@ RSpec.describe '
         visit spree.print_admin_order_path(order, params: url_params)
         convert_pdf_to_page
         expect(page).to have_content 'Payment Description at Checkout'
-        expect(page).to have_content 'description2'
+        expect(page).to have_content 'Customer credit'
       end
     end
   end